Chapter 231: Life in Danger
Shi Mei had recently started going out more and more.
She either went with Tang Jingming, Ye Tiao, or sometimes Bai Yuejie would suddenly decide to take Shi Mei out for fun, only to end up infuriated every single time.
As time went on, Bai Yuejie grew reluctant to spend time with Shi Mei.
However, in many people’s eyes, Bai Yuejie had nothing but good things to say about Shi Mei.
Because of her thoughtfulness towards Shi Mei, and the unique performance at the birthday feast, Bai Yuejie’s reputation continued to improve significantly in everyone’s hearts.
Especially with the explosive popularity of "Behind the Scenes Star," Bai Yuejie’s fame became louder and louder.
That birthday feast had already garnered a lot of attention, and Shi Lingyan’s wife’s identity became known to the public alongside Bai Yuejie’s rise to fame.
More and more people felt that Shi Lingyan was like a flower stuck in cow dung.
If his wife were Bai Yuejie, perhaps his career, fame, and reputation would have climbed to the next level.
It really was a pity.
The Shi Family, hearing such talk, grew increasingly anxious.
They randomly sent Shi Yuanyuan or Shi Yunchang to the Shi Family’s house to brainwash Shi Mei.
But every visit ended unpleasantly.
As the weather grew colder by the day, Shi Mei wrapped herself up like a ball.
Initially, Grandfather was worried that Shi Mei might catch a cold from the freezing weather, but as Shi Mei went out more and more, and even became more cunning—now even arguing logically with Tang Jingming—everyone was pleasantly surprised.
Because of this transformation, the old grandfather just went along with her.
Half a month went by, and the "Behind the Scenes Star" competition had reached the third round.
From the first round, 30 to 20.
From the second round, 20 to 15.
Those remaining 15 contestants had finally started to gain some recognition.
Tang Gu assumed the alias, Bu Gu.
And Shi Mei adopted the alias, Liu Su.
In the third round, all the remaining contestants were formidable figures.
But everyone had their own cliques, and seeing how the Senior Sister was aloof and never spoke to anyone, combined with her overly excessive popularity, people eventually stopped talking to her after a while.
Shi Mei enjoyed the peace, but even while sitting in the green room, she dared not let down her guard.
Both Shi Lingyan and Old Lady Shi’s people were searching for her, but she left no traces, naturally making her impossible to find.
They could only start from the show.
Shi Mei was well aware of this, so during the filming of the second round, she was extra cautious, afraid that Shi Lingyan might appear suddenly and catch her.
However, Shi Lingyan did not show up, but Old Lady Shi did.
Shi Mei dodged the issue with slickness and then escaped altogether.
Old Lady Shi was furious, and this time, she surely wouldn’t let it go easily.
Shi Mei felt some regret.
Had she known that her lie to escape would bring so much trouble afterward, she wouldn’t have fabricated such a lie; now, it was too late for regrets.
The competition was in full swing at the front stage; Shi Mei, sitting backstage, was somewhat distracted.
Tang Gu, wearing the Phoenix Mask, gave her a cold glance as he passed her.
Liu Yuan, full of smiles backstage, awaited Tang Gu’s arrival, while others gathered around, chattering praises like, "You sang beautifully, getting better and better..."
Shi Mei, listening to the compliments behind her, was indifferent. She collected herself and went on stage. In the atmosphere buoyed by the host, Shi Mei touched the butterfly mask arranged by the program and declared, "Hello everyone, I am Liu Su..."
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